Days that Changed the World tells the stories of 50 key moments that shed an exceptional light on the meaning of the past. In doing so, it provides a gripping and concise account of world history. Stretched over nearly 2500 years, each chapter describes the events of one earth-shattering day, its historical background and its world-changing consequences, including: 15 March 44 BC The Assassination of Julius Caesar, Good Friday c. 30 AD The Crucifixion of Jesus, 11 May 330 Constantine transforms the Roman Empire, 27 November 1095 The First Crusade, 12 October 1492 Columbus makes Landfall in the Americas, 29 July 1588 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 24 May 1607 The Foundation of Jamestown, 4 July 1776 The US Declaration of Independence, 14 July 1789 The Fall of the Bastille, 18 June 1815 The Battle of Waterloo, 9 April 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox, 30 June 1905 Einstein unveils his Theory of Relativity, 1 July 1916 The First Day on the Somme, 7 December 1941 The Attack on Pearl Harbor, 6 August 1945 The A-Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, 28 October 1962 JFK triumphs in the Cuban Missile Crisis, 28 August 1963 Martin Luther King has a Dream, 21 July 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon, 9 November 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela walks Free, 11 September 2001 The Destruction of the World Trade Center. Book jacket.